4 points in a single game! Halliburton is sluggish, G5 Pacers lose analysis

Finals, the Thunder beat the Pacers 120 to 109.

This game is quite exciting! Just three minutes into the first quarter, the Pacers led 12-11. As a result, the Thunder gave the Pacers a direct warning, scored 11-0, and overtook the score in an instant. From then on, until the end of the second quarter, the Thunder maintained a score difference of more than ten points. At the end of the half, the score was 59 to 45, and the Thunder led by 18 points at the most, which is quite an advantage!

Thunder played in the first half, and the main players felt very good. Alexander scored 13 points and 5 assists, Jewe contributed 16 points, Chett was not bad, with 7 points plus 4 rebounds and 3 blocks. Although Harten only scored 3 points, he also grabbed 5 rebounds and sent 4 assists. On the bench, Wiggins and Wallace scored 9 points respectively.

Pacers are still the same, and everyone can score points. Ten people were rotated in the first half, and eight people were all scored. Siakam scored the highest 10 points, but Halliburton was not in good shape today. He lost all five shots and made 0 of 4 three-pointers, not a single point, and injured his right leg, which looked a little overwhelming.

Judging from the first half, the gap in strength between the two teams is quite obvious. But, this is the Indiana Pacer! To be honest, in this year's playoffs, when the Pacers fell by more than 15 points, their record was 5 wins and 4 losses. That's right, they reversed more games than they lost!

By the third quarter, the Pacers were shocked again. In this quarter, they directly played the Thunder 34-28, chasing the previous double-digit score difference to only 8 points. And this "Shock" is McConnell. He scored 13 points in a single quarter and sent 2 assists, which is simply too critical! In the key fourth quarter, Siakam was invincible. He scored 14 points in the top 15 points of the team alone, and directly led the Pacers to catch the score to only 2 points. But just when everyone thought there was a chance, the Pacers suddenly had their power outage and made four mistakes in the most critical rounds. When the Thunder saw that the opportunity came, they immediately seized these mistakes and widened the gap to double digits. After that, the Thunder steadily maintained the lead until the end of the game.

Let's talk about the walkers first, Siakam really tried his best.

He played for 33 minutes, made 9 of 15 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, scored 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and contributed 3 steals and 2 blocks. Especially in the fourth quarter, he scored 14 points by himself. With his continuous score, the Pacers caught the score to only 2 points.

The Pacers' main players also performed well, especially McConnell. They scored 13 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, made 8 of 14 shots in the game, with extremely high efficiency, and finally scored 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

In addition, Turner contributed 13 points and 6 rebounds, Nesmith scored 14 points and 6 rebounds, and Toppin also scored 12 points and 5 rebounds. However, Nembhard's condition was relatively bad. He only scored 7 points on 3 of 8 shots and made 4 mistakes. More importantly, at a critical moment in the fourth quarter, he made consecutive mistakes, which directly made the Pacers lose the best chance of turning the table, and also allowed the Thunder to widen the gap to more than double digits.

By the way, when it comes to the most important players, Halliburton's performance in this game was a bit bad.

played 34 minutes in the whole game, made 0 of 6 shots, lost all 4 three-pointers, and made 4 free throws. In the end, he scored 4 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and made 3 mistakes. The positive and negative values ​​were the lowest in the team -13.

Halliburton's poor performance was indeed affected by injuries, but more importantly, his condition was too poor. He couldn't find the rhythm at all and couldn't break through the opponent's defense to create scoring opportunities. He didn't score a single point in the first half, and he scored no goal in the entire game. He couldn't escape those mistakes in the fourth quarter.

In fact, Halliburton's condition was so sluggish in this game, Coach Carlisle could have let McConnell play early. As a result, McConnell was not allowed to come up until 5 minutes before the end of the fourth quarter. At that time, the Thunder had already risen, and it was too late.

Oh, when it comes to Halliburton, everyone should remember it? The Pacers eliminated the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals. Halliburton played very well in those games! For example, at G1, he reached the limit tie; G4 was even more amazing. He scored 32 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists per person, and 4 steals. The key was that there was no mistake; at G6, he had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 13 assists, and this data was simply too eye-catching.

The performance in the entire series was outstanding, but in the end he didn't win the MVP in the Eastern Conference Finals. This is largely because of the poor game of G5, he scored 8 points. Let's assume that if the Pacers really make a comeback in the end, then the performance of this G5 may have left Halliburton even in the FMVP.

Let's talk about the Thunder. After returning to home, the state is really different.

In the last game of G4, the Thunder team only scored 3 three-pointers. Except for Caruso, the other teammates scored 20 points on the bench, and the other teammates scored 7 points in total.

But this game is completely different. The Thunder team made 14 of 31 three-pointers, with a pretty good shooting percentage. On the bench, Caruso felt average in this game and only scored 2 points, but Wiggins and Wallace stood up. They made 7 three-pointers, contributed 25 points together, grabbed 7 rebounds, and sent 4 steals, performing super strongly!

Yes, can you win this game depend on the performance of the core players. Alexander's touch today was average, making 9 of 21 shots, but his free throws were quite stable, making 13 of 14 free throws, scoring 31 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists in the whole game, and had 2 steals and 4 blocks in defense. He has always been very stable and has averaged 32.4 points per game in the finals. He will definitely rank first in the next FMVP rankings!

Oh, in today's game, the MVP must be Jie Wei! He is really too fierce.

played 35 minutes in the whole game, scored 14 shots 25 times, made 3 of 5 three-pointers, 9 of 12 free throws, scored 40 points directly, grabbed 6 rebounds and sent 4 assists. His plus or negative value is 14, the highest in the team.

Before the first half, Jewei scored the highest 16 points in the team. In the third quarter, McConnell scored 13 points in a single quarter, but Jewe was not willing to be outdone and scored 13 points in a single quarter!

The last quarter was even more powerful, and Javi scored 11 points in a single quarter, and each goal was particularly critical. Especially when the Pacers were only 2 points away, Jewe directly widened the gap with a three-pointer to 5 points. This ball was definitely the most deadly goal in the Thunder's entire game! Jiewei's performance in this game is really nothing to say, and the MVP deserves it!

, I have to say that the performance of the first two games of the Javi series was not particularly impressive. G1 scored 17 points in 6 of 19 shots, and G2 scored 19 points in 5 of 14 shots. However, since G3, he has been in a better and better form. His last three games were 26 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 27 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists in that game, and 40 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists per game. He averaged 31 points.

The most powerful player in the Thunder must be Alexander, but in this game, if the Thunder wins the championship, he will definitely deserve a FMVP vote. Moreover, in the third grade, he scored 40 points in the key game of the finals (Battle of Tianwang Mountain), which many historical stars cannot do. The last one who achieved this level probably has to be traced back to Wade in 2006?

Up to this stage, everyone can see that the Thunder's advantage in the series is getting bigger and bigger. But I personally think that the Pacers are not that easy to deal with. Just like this game, they went from 18 points behind to only 2 points away, which made people sweat. And the next game is still playing at the Pacers' home court, which is even more difficult to deal with.

This round of the series has less attention because there are no particularly large traffic stars, but the excitement of the game is really underestimated. Game 6 is worth looking forward to. Can Halliburton lead the Pacers to rebound? And on the Thunder, can Jewei and SGA win the championship away? These are all highlights.